7:30 AM -
8:00 AM

Show description

The show consists of a panel of four performers who create characters, scenes and songs on the spot, in the style of short-form improvisation games, many taken from theatresports. Topics for the games were based on either audience suggestions or predetermined prompts from the host, Drew Carey. Carey would set up a game and situation that the performers would improvise.[2] Carey declared arbitrary point values after each game, often citing a humorous reason for his decisi...Read Moreon. The points were purely decorative and served no practical purpose. Carey would reiterate this at the beginning, and multiple times throughout, each episode by describing Whose Line as "the show where everything’s made up and the points don’t matter." The style of the games were varied (see Games, below). Some featured all four performers, while others featured fewer. Between games, the performers sat in four chairs facing the audience. The performers who were not involved in a game remained in their seats. Humorous banter between the host and the performers between games was featured regularly.
At the conclusion of each episode, a winner or several winners were chosen arbitrarily by Carey. The "prize" was either to play a game with the host, or to sit out while the other performers did so. After this game during the first season of the series, credits simply rolled under the show’s theme. In the second season, the reading of the credits was performed by one or more cast members in a comedic fashion, based on a theme announced by Carey....Hide